News & events

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022

Canterbury has been announced as the first region to roll out a new way of paying for public transport anywhere in New Zealand.

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022

Environment Canterbury is pleased to announce a wage increase for public bus drivers across Canterbury.

Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022

Environment Canterbury councillors have agreed on a budget and workplan that balances community expectations on affordability.

Date: Thu, 19 May 2022

Central government, mana whenua, and local government met to mark the beginning of a newly strengthened partnership to drive planning for Greater Christchurch.

Date: Mon, 2 May 2022

New real-time information system replacing the previous radio-based solution with a GPS based solution.

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021

Innovation has paid off in Timaru as the city’s new on-demand public transport service goes from strength to strength.

Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021

The popular Orbiter bus route has seven new electric vehicles joining its ranks, as Christchurch’s fleet of electric and ultra-low emission vehicles grows.

Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021

Public transport drivers and ferry crew working for Ritchies Transport, Black Cat Cruises and Go Bus Transport will now earn the 2021 Living Wage.

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021

We're pleased to announce that all Christchurch-based Ritchies drivers will now earn the 1 September 2021 Living Wage as a base rate.

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021

The Council voted to take to the community a number of potential game-changing options to stimulate the Greater Christchurch public transport system.

Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021

The service is a partnership between Environment Canterbury, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, Christchurch City Council and Waimakariri District Council.

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021

MyWay by Metro wins the Innovation and Technology category at the South Canterbury Business Excellence Awards.